Article XII
AMENDMENTS

Chronicle Amendments enacted

1988 annual meeting:

• Initial adoption

September 1990 (Cork):

March 1991 (Dedham):

July 1991 (Dedham):

• Election procedures adopted; consequent bylaws amendments not explicitly cited in minutes summary. (Motion 91-61)

February 1992 (Aston):

• Text establishing Technical Council replaced. (Motion 92-11)

June 1992 (by mail):

• Change in references to tax code, on recommendation of TUG accountant. (Motion 92-23e)

July 1992 (Portland):

• Changes approved under Motion 92-24:
  • replacement of Article XI, Indemnification;
  • changes required by new Election Procedures for the Board.
• Changes approved under Motion 92-25:
  • removal of ``previous experience'' phrase from presidential qualifications;
  • removal of hardship clause from Article IV, Section 6.

July 1993 (Aston):

• Replacement of Article IV, Section 8, ``Special Directors'', and changes to terminology in Sections 3, 5, 9 and 10 resulting from new text adopted in principle under Motion 92-28 and referred to the Bylaws Committee to draft final wording.
• Changes required by revised Election Procedures, specifically, change in text of Article IV, Section 8, concerning vacancies on the Board. (Motion 93-2)
• Clerical changes (Motion 93-3):
  • minor changes in terminology for the purpose of achieving ``plain English'' text;
  • replacement of ``the Corporation'' by ``TUG''.
  • normalization of upper- and lowercase usage for various titles;
  • insertion of the clarifying modifier ``Long-Range'' into the committee name in Article V, Section 3;
  • correction of the word ``appointment'' to ``election'' (with respect to directors) in Article IV, Section 8;
  • rephrasing of Article VII, Section 3, concerning nomination procedures for the President to parallel those of Article IV, Section 6, for Directors;
  • clarification of qualifications for appointees to fill vacant offices in Article VII, Section 10, by adding ``of the Board'' to ``members''.
• Changes in text establishing Technical Council to clarify that the Board will grant ``formal recognition'' rather than ``ratify'' reports from Technical Working Groups forwarded by the Council. (Motion 93-4)

July 1994 (Santa Barbara):

• Clerical changes (Motion 94-2):
  • replacement in Article IV, Section 3, of the term ``elected Board Member'' by ``Elected Director'' to parallel the term ``Special Director'';
  • replacement in Article IV, Sections 2, 10 and 11, Article V, Sections 1 and 2, and Article VII, Sections 2 and 10, of the phrases ``member(s) of the Board (of Directors)'' and ``Board Member(s)'' by the equivalent term ``director(s)'', to normalize usage;
  • rephrasing a sentence in Article IV, Section 10, to avoid the unmodified word ``members'' when either committee members or directors may be meant.
• Removal of legacy text in Article IV, Section 3, referring to the composition of the board prior to the first election of directors. (Motion 94-3)

July 1995 (St. Petersburg):

• Clerical changes (Motion 95-2):
  • removal of reduplicated ``may'' from Article VII, Section 2;
  • removal from Article VII, Section 4, of obsolete text referring to 1991 annual meeting.
• Elimination of Special Directors (Motion 95-3):
  • removal of Special Directors from list in Article IV, Section 3;
  • elimination of Article IV, Section 5;
  • renumbering of all subsequent sections;
  • in (new) Section 9, rephrase text to eliminate implicit reference to Special Directors in procedure for consent votes.
• Elimination of Long-Range Planning Committee (Motion 95-4):
  • removal of Article V, Section 3;
  • renumbering of Section 4.
• Decrease in total number of Directors (Motion 95-5):
  • change number from 30 to 15 in Article IV, Section 2.